Il Palazzone Brunello di Montalcino DOCG 2018 (Tuscany, Italy) - [WE 94] [VM 93] [JS 93] [DM 92] [WA 91]

About the Winery:Il Palazzone was acquired by Americans Kirsten and Peter Kern in June 2021. Kirsten comes from the culinary world and her husband is Vice Chairman and CEO of Expedia Group. The previous owner, also American, was Richard Parsons, formerly of Time Warner and City Group. Kirsten and Peter Kern are passionate about Italian wine and Brunello and had long been looking for a property to buy. They are planting an additional 2.2 hectares of vines this year at a cool 580 meters above sea level. High elevation fruit is critical to maintaining freshness in the wines, especially in the face of climate change. Harvest Notes:The 2018 was a vintage that reminded us of a different time, when the growing season could be defined as warm and not hot or torrid as happened in most of the past few years. The winter was characterised by average rainfall and some snow, first in February and then in March, which luckily made up for the considerable lack of water of the past year. There were som